On 18/05/2010 7:20 PM, Clarence1898 wrote:
> Stephen<mca### [at] aolDOTcom>  wrote:
>> On 18/05/2010 4:44 PM, Invisible wrote:
>>>> As I recall about 60 characters per second.  The tape was paper, was 8
>>>> holes
>>>> wide, and easily broken or scrunched.
>>>
>>> Mmm, that's fairly fast for an optical system.
>>
>> Was it optical? I seem to remember it was mechanical with spring loaded
>> teeth.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>   Stephen
>
> I was thinking it was optical.  I don't ever remember having maintenance on the
> read head.


and down. Of course the high speed tape readers must have been optical.

> But that's been over 35 years ago. Now I sometimes have a hard time
> remembering what I had for breakfast.
>

I get round that problem by having the same thing every day. ;-)

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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